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(No Model.)

W. P. GRARY.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

N0. 398,944 Patented Mar. 5, 1889 WITNESSES: IIVI ENTOR:

g A W ATTORNEYS,

UNITED STATES PATENT FHCE.

YVILLIAM P. CRARY, OF NEXT YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE- STOPPER.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, VVYILLIAM P. CRARY, of Z the city, eounty,and State of NewYo1-k,l1ave i invented a new and-Improved Bottle-Stopper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide bottle-stoppers of cork or other material with j means wh erchy they may be easily withdrawn from a bottle without the use of a corkscrew; and to this end my invention consists in combining with the cork a covering of cloth, animal tissue, or other material, which is tied above the top of the cork and extends above the bimling-cord, to furnish a grasp or handle 3 For withdrawing the cork from the bottle, and when made of suliicient extent adapted to be tied down over the neck of the bottle to protect the cork and neck, or as a cap. .3

Reference isto be had to the imeon'uianying l drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all. the figures.

Figure 1 shows my invention applied to a bottle, the cork-covering being shown tied down over the neck ot' the bottle. Fig. '2 is a f sectional elevation showing the cork in the bottle and the covering elevated ready to be grasped lor witlulrawing the stopper. Figs.

I l, and 5 show stoppers of various sizes eonstrncled in accordance with my invention. To a common stopper, A, ot'eork or other suit Patent No. 398,944, dated March 5, 1889.

Serial No. 284,052. (No model.)

" able material, I apply a cowering, 13, of cloth,

skin, rubber tissne-tha-t is, raw india-rubber rolled into sheets-or other suitable material. This covering is gathered over the top of the stopper and tightly secured by a wire or cord, C. The folded portion of the fabric above the stopper forms a handle,whieh maybe eonveniently grasped and the cork readily withdrawn from the bottle without a corkscrew As an improved article of manufacture, a

stopper comprising a cork, A, and a covering, B, of fabric, animal or rubber tissue, secured by cord 0 above the cork and extended to form the handle or grasp D for withdrawing the cork, substantially as described.

\VILLIAM P. CRARY.

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H. A. WEs'r, t. SEDG'WICK. 

